Website redesign for Toronto small businesses.

Your site is slow, dated, or not bringing in leads. I redesign it as a fast custom website you own, with analytics so you can finally see what's working. Most redesigns take 4 to 6 weeks.

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Start with a free site scan. No email required.

Four signs your website needs a redesign.

Most owners feel one of these long before they call anyone.

Tick anything that sounds familiar

It's slow on a phone. Most of your customers find you on mobile. If your site takes more than a few seconds to load, many of them leave before they see your phone number. You can't tell if it brings in business. No analytics, or a dashboard nobody reads. You don't know which pages turn visitors into calls, so you can't tell what's worth fixing. Every small change is a fight. Adding a page or changing a booking flow means a workaround in Wix or another plugin in WordPress, or paying someone each time. It looks older than your business. If your site looks dated next to competitors, visitors assume the business is too, even when your work and reviews say otherwise.

Sound familiar? The free scan shows what it's costing you. Thirty seconds, no email.

A redesign that pays for itself.

Everything a small business site needs to earn its keep, included in the price rather than sold as extras.

A custom design, not a template

Built around your customers and what you want them to do next: call, book, or get a quote. Nothing is there just because a theme came with it.
Fast on a mid-range phone

Built with Astro and hosted on Cloudflare, so pages load quickly where your customers actually are. Every site I build ships at 95+ on Google's speed test.
Analytics you can read

Plausible analytics set up so you can see where visitors come from and which pages bring in enquiries, without learning a dashboard.
Accessible from day one

Built to WCAG 2.1 AA, which covers the standard Ontario's AODA references. Included, not an add-on.
Search basics done right

Proper titles, structure, and local business markup on every page, so Google understands what you do and where you do it.
You own everything

The code, design, content, domain, and analytics are yours. If you ever want to move, you can. No platform lock-in.

How a custom rebuild compares.

A template can get you online. A custom rebuild is for when the site needs to be faster, clearer, and easier to measure.

Feature Page builders A custom rebuild

How your site looks Template look shared by many businesses Designed around your brand from scratch

Speed on mobile Often slowed down by page-builder weight Built to feel fast on real phones

Security & maintenance Plugin updates and surprise maintenance No plugin stack to babysit

Accessibility (Ontario law) Often treated as an afterthought Built with AODA expectations in mind

Knowing where leads come from Nothing, or a confusing analytics setup Simple lead and traffic dashboard, set up and explained

Real projects. Before and after.

Every rebuild starts with a scorecard. Here's what before and after looks like.

Health & Fitness / Mobile App

PocketChomp

Canada

Canadian calorie and macro tracker. Marketing site and calculators built from scratch to launch the Android beta.

Built to load fast and convert beta signups

Regulatory / Public Sector

Ontario College of Teachers

Toronto, ON

Public regulator's main site. Modernized the front door so teachers and the public can find what they need fast.

Lighthouse 55 97

Load time 4.6s 1.1s

Core Web Vitals Fail Passed

Bounce rate down with a faster, clearer landing experience

Regulatory / UX

Ontario College of Teachers FAQ

Toronto, ON

Led the redesign of OCT's public FAQ, structured content to reduce call volume and improve findability for teachers navigating certification.

Lighthouse 62 98

Core Web Vitals Fail Passed

Support ticket volume down over 50% post-launch

Finance / Automation

Crescendo Stage

Remote

Finance automations. Redesigned for a fresh look in time for a trade show, and so it'd work with any device.

Lighthouse Score 48 94

Load time 3.8s 0.9s

Responsiveness Layout Issues Fully Responsive

Site load times over 3x faster. Works with any device

Agriculture / Local Markets

Lunar Rhythm Gardens

Port Perry, ON

Family farm CSA. Refreshed from a basic wordpress template.

Lighthouse 51 97

Load time 4.4s 1.0s

Online orders up in the first season

You'll be working with me

Pixelboost is just me, not an agency. The person who designs and builds your site is the same person who answers when you need something changed. No call centres, no juniors, no runaround.

Based in

Toronto, Ontario. Serving Durham and the GTA

How I work

Directly with you. No handoffs and no project managers

Experience

Design & development, 5+ years

More about me

Two ways to work together. No surprise invoices.

Monthly if you want ongoing help. Flat rate if you want the site handed over. Same build quality either way.

Monthly

Design and development
Plausible analytics included
Hosting included
Unlimited edits included
+$100 per page after 5
+$250 to add a blog
24/7 support
Lifetime updates

$200/ month

Get started

One-off

Design and development
Plausible analytics included
+$25/mo hosting
+$50/mo unlimited edits add-on
+$100 per page after 5
+$250 to add a blog
24/7 support
Lifetime updates

$3,200flat

Get started

Fair and simple. The monthly plan runs for the first year, then it's month-to-month. Cancel anytime after the first year and the site is yours. With the flat rate, the code, content, and domain are yours from day one.

Website redesign, common questions.

How much does a website redesign cost in Toronto?

Quotes range from about $500 for a template with your logo swapped in to $30,000 or more from a large agency. My redesigns are $3,200 flat for a clean hand-off, or $200/month including hosting, analytics, and ongoing updates. Both include a custom design, accessibility, and analytics, with no hidden fees.

How long does a website redesign take?

Most small business redesigns take 4 to 6 weeks from kickoff. Larger sites, or projects where I write the content, take a bit longer. I only take on two projects at a time, so the timeline I give you is one I can keep.

Can you redesign my Wix, Squarespace, or WordPress site?

Yes. I rebuild it as a fast custom site that you own outright, so you're no longer paying a platform every month or fighting a template's limits. Your existing content, photos, and branding can come across, refreshed where it helps.

Will a redesign hurt my Google rankings?

It shouldn't, as long as every old page address is permanently redirected to its new one, so Google carries your history over to the new pages. Rankings usually drop after a redesign when old addresses are simply deleted. Ask any designer you're considering how they handle it.

Do I actually need a redesign, or just a few fixes?

Sometimes the honest answer is a few fixes. Start with the free site scan, which checks your speed, mobile experience, SEO basics, accessibility, and lead tracking. If your site is mostly fine, I'll tell you which three things to fix rather than sell you a rebuild.

Do you only work in Toronto?

No. I'm based in Toronto and work with small businesses across the GTA and Durham Region, including Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, and Pickering. Meetings can be in person or remote, whichever is easier for you.

Find out what your site is costing you.

Run a free scan of your site. No email required. You'll see what's slowing people down, what's missing, and what I'd fix first.

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